Satellite Cloud Product
NESDIS produces a Satellite Cloud Product (SCP) that supplements the ASOS ceilometer readings. This page merges the SCP data with the METAR observations for a given UTC date. Cloud level values are presented in feet above ground level. ECA represents estimated cloud amount expressed in percentage. An IEM Web Service provided the following JSON dataset for this page. Data is available for some sites back to 1993.
| SCP Valid UTC | METAR Valid Local | Satellite East Sounder | Satellite West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0450Z | 6:30 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | SCT@5000 | KBAK 081030Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 16/15 A3012 RMK FIRST | |
| 0550Z | 6:30 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 19 | SCT@5000 | KBAK 081030Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 16/15 A3012 RMK FIRST | ||
| 0650Z | 6:30 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 14 | SCT@5000 | KBAK 081030Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 16/15 A3012 RMK FIRST | |
| 0750Z | 6:30 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | SCT@5000 | KBAK 081030Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 16/15 A3012 RMK FIRST | ||
| 0850Z | 6:30 AM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | SCT@5000 | KBAK 081030Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 16/15 A3012 RMK FIRST | ||
| 0950Z | 6:30 AM | SCT | 17000 - 20000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@5000 | KBAK 081030Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 16/15 A3012 RMK FIRST | ||
| 1050Z | 6:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBAK 081045Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3013 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KBAK 081145Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3014 |
| 1250Z | 8:45 AM | SCT | 34000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 11 | CLR | KBAK 081245Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3017 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:45 AM | SCT | 35000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 17 | CLR | KBAK 081345Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3018 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 16 | CLR | KBAK 081445Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3020 | |
| 1550Z | 11:45 AM | SCT | 26000 - 46000 | 12 | BKN | 30000 - 42000 | 31 | CLR | KBAK 081545Z 19005KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A3020 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:45 PM | OVC | 36000 - 45000 | 34 | OVC | 33000 - 43000 | 49 | CLR | KBAK 081645Z 21004KT 10SM CLR 29/20 A3018 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:45 PM | OVC | 35000 - 45000 | 52 | OVC | 30000 - 43000 | 56 | BKN@5500 | KBAK 081745Z 23006G14KT 10SM BKN055 30/19 A3016 | ||